[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  We lift our eyes to You, O God of eternity. So far beyond our 
understanding or our experience You are all holy, all powerful.
  To be fully present in Your sight this day stirs within us a desire 
to be truly humble, poor in spirit and truly silent, listening to Your 
Word speaking to our hearts.
  Bless this assembly of the 110th Congress, Lord. Give us liberty from 
all the knotty problems of this world that tighten our imagination and 
narrow our perception.
  Rather, breathe upon us Your cleansing Spirit that Your servants may 
have a broad and penetrating vision on how to unleash the free exercise 
of people and untie the mistakes of the past.
  May the native born, new citizens, immigrants, guests and visitors, 
those in high places and the lowly, all give You glory and praise now 
and forever.
  Amen.

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